Traverse-ring.



- PATENTED SEPT. 26, 1905. SARKISIAN. M VER E RING.

0N PI ED FEB. 3.1905.

Z MN 3 w f N ma UNITED STATES PATENT- OFFICE.

DICKRANVM. SARKISIAN, on NEW YORK, N. Y;

TRAVERSE-RING- I Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented Sept. 26, 1905,

To all whom zltmay concern:

Be it known that I, DICKRAN M. SARKI- SIAN, a citizen of the United States, and a resident of New York, county of New York, State of New York, have invented an Improvement in Traverse-Rings, of which the following description, in connection with the accompanying drawings, is a specification, like numerals on the drawings representing like parts.

This invention has for its object the production of a novel, cheap, strong, and efiicient traverse ring especially adapted for use on curtainoles to sustain thereon a curtain, portiere, c., and permit it to be readily drawn along the pole. a

The various novel features of my inven- 7 tion will be fully described in the subjoined specification, and appended thereto.

Figure 1 is a side view of a traverse-ring embodying .one form. of my invention and mounted on a curtain-pole, shown insection. Fig. 2 is a detail thereof, the frictionrolls being omitted to show the character and location of the roll-supports. Fig. 3 is aside particularly in the claims elevation of a form of friction-roll adapted for use in connection with my invention. Fig. 4 is a similar view, but showing the looking portion of the roll in position to retain it Fig. 5 is a plan view, enlarged, of the blank from which the traversering is formed, the opposite transverse slits having been made and showing the short tongues in readiness to be bent or rolled into tubular shape; and Fig. 6 is a transverse. section taken on the line 6 6, Figs. 1 and 5, showing the flat blank in dotted lines.

In order to make a strong, light, and efficient traverse ring which may be made cheaply and with comparative ease, I stamp,

out, or otherwise form a circular blank 1 p from a sheet of metal of suitable character,

' bent or rolled to form a tubular bodyits twosuch as brass, and I prefer to make the blank continuous, as shown in Fig. 5. The width of the blank is such that when the same is opposite edges will abut along the line 2, Figs 1, 2, and 6, such lineor joint being shown as about midway between the the inner circumference of e completed ring.

By making the metal sufficiently stifi no,

soldering, brazing, or similar mode of uniting the lips is re uired.

Either at t e time the blank 1 is formed or,

eriphery and it subsequently I transversely slit the body oppositely from its inner and outer edges, as at 3 3 4 4, to leave two tongues 5.5 (see Fig. 5) o positely extended from a connection 6, w l1ich integrally unites the unslitted portions of the blank.- The slits are made in oppositely-located pairs, as shown, and the tongues 5 are reduced in length for a purpose to be described, one or more slotted portions being employed, according to the number of friction-rolls to be used.

Turning to- Fig. 5, the tongues are first bent or rolled up into tubular form (see Figs. 2 and 6) of relatively small diameter to form a roll-support 7. A short stiffening pin-or rod 8may then be forced into the tubular support, (see dotted lines, Figs. 1 and 2,) and nal center ofv the ring, and in order to prop-' erly position the supports 7 for the frictionrolls to be referred to I push in or indent the body portion 1 at each end of the roll-sup'- .port, as at 10, (see Figs. 1 and 2,) to bring the support somewhat nearer the longitudinal center of the body. Any suitable form 'of friction-roll isthen appliedsuch as the split disk or roll 11, Figs. 3 and 4, having a central hole '12 and a radial slot 13, Fig. 3, adapted to be filled (afterthe roll-support enters the hole 12) by a closing-block 14,

Fig. 4, held in place in any suitable and permanent manner.

I'prefer to provide the ring with two rollreceiving openings 9 and with two frictionrolls 14, as shown in Fig.1, to travel upon the upper portion of the curtain-pole A; but my invention-is not restricted to the number of rolls, as a single roll or a plurality of rolls may be used.

The roll is of greater diameter than the tubular body 1, and by locating the roll-support '7 as described the periphery of the roll projectsv inward beyond the-inner circumference of the body, while the outer portion of the roll is substantially flush with the periphery of the body. This imparts a finish to the ring IIO and obviates any projecting parts outside of the ring to catch. on the curtain or 011 other adjacent objects.

An eye 15 of any suitable construction is secured to the bottom of the ring, as shown in Fig. 1, to afford a means for connecting the curtain and ring.

Referring to Fig. 1, it will be seen that the joint 2 between the longitudinal edges of the body when the latter is bent or rolled into shape comes about midway of one side of the ring, and there is little tendency to open such joint, owing to the strength of the tubular form of the body and the stiffness of the metal. Consequently no soldering or brazing is necessary, and the same is true as regards the roll-support when bent into tubular form.

By varying the length of the tongues 5 the diameter of the roll-support is regulated, so that the support can be made larger or smaller, as desired.

My invention is not restricted to the precise construction and arrangement herein shown and described, as the same may be varied in different particulars by those skilled in the art without departing from the spirit and scope of my invention.

Having fully described my invention,what I claim as new, and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is

1. A traverse-ring comprising a tubular, annular body having a transverse roll-receiving opening extended inward from its periphery and an integral roll-support of relatively small diameter bridging the opening adjacent the inner circumference of the body, and a friction-roll rotatably mounted on said support in the opening.

2. A traverse-ring comprising a tubular, annular body having a plurality of transverse roll-receiving openings extended inward from its periphery, and an integral rollsupport of relatively small diameter bridging each opening adjacent the inner circumference of the body, and a friction-roll rotatably mounted on each support in the corresponding opening.

3. A traverse-ring comprising a continuous, annular tubular body transversely cut from its periphery inward to leave a roll-receiving opening, and having an integral, tubular roll-support of relatively small diameter bridging said opening adjacent the inner circumference of the body, and a friction-roll rotatably mounted on said support in the opening.

4. A traverse-ringcomprising a tubular, annular body transversely cut from its periphery inward to leave a roll-receiving opening and having an integral neck bridging the opening and bent into a tubular rollsupport of relatively small diameter, and a spht .h'ietion-roll rotatably mounted thereon in the opening.

5. A traverse-ring comprising a tubular, annular body, transversely cut from its periphery inward to leave a roll-receiving opening and an integral connection bridging the opening and presenting short oppositely-located tongues bent together to form a tubular roll-support of relatively small diameter, and a split friction-roll rotatably mounted thereon in the opening, the periphery of the roll projecting inward beyond the inner circumference of the body.

6. A traverse-ring comprising a tubular, annular body having a transverse roll-recon"- ing opening extended inward from its periphery and an integral roll-support of relatively small diameter bridging the opening eccentric to the longitudinal center of the body, and a friction-roll rotatably mounted on said support in the opening and having its periphery projecting beyond the inner circumference of the body.

7. A traverse-ring comprising a one-piece tubular and continuous annular body having a plurality of transverse roll-receiving openings extended inward from its periphery and an integral, tubular roll-support of relatively small diameter bridging each opening eccentric to the longitudinal center of the body, and a friction-roll rotatably mounted on each support in the adjacent opening and having its peripheryprojectingbeyond the inner circumference of the body.

8. A traverse-ring comprising a tubular, annular body having a transverse rollreeeiv ing opening extended inward from its periphery and an integral roll-support of relatively small diameter bridging the opening eccentric to the longitudinal center of the body, a stiffening device for said support, and a frietion-roll rotatably mounted on the latter in the opening.

9. A traverse-ring comprising a tubular, metallic annular body partially cut through transversely from its periphery to form rollreceiving openings and having tubular rollsupports integral therewith and bridging the openings, a stiflening-rod inserted in each roll support, and friction rolls rotatably mounted on said supports.

In testimony whereof I have signed my name to this specification in the presence of two subscribing witnesses.

DICKRAN M. SARKISIAN.

witnesses G120. N. FORNEY, H. STROII. 

